Dry port offers Solas-approved weighbridge

Three warehouses covering

a total of 14 000sqm

have been added to the

Independent

Beira Logistics

Terminals

and Services

(IBLT&S).

“Services” was relatively

recently added to IBLT to include

the investment in additional

facilities such as the warehouses,

fumigation and the stripping and

stuffing of containers, according

to general manager Aleksandrs

Kucerovs.

He says space in the warehouses

was quickly taken up by forwarders

and cargo owners. Designed for

short-term storage of mainly highvalue

cargo, they have a fast

turnover – meaning that space

is regularly freed up.

One of the services that

attracts shippers to the

terminal is its fully

paperless cargo handling

system.

This has reduced

delays due

to human

error and has also improved security

for the high-value cargo handled by

the terminal.

The whole purpose-built precinct

is also bonded and

under constant

surveillance.

The dry port

has one of five

Solas (Safety of life

at sea)-approved

weighbridges in

Beira, according

to Kucerovs.

Situated on the

Beira corridor

road, it has direct

links into the port.

Containers

are allocated to specific trucks, and

loading will not commence if the

numbers do not match up.

The system is compatible with

that used by the shipping lines

calling Beira, which enables

the lines to keep track of their

equipment on a daily basis.

“It will also

be able to talk

to Navis, which

will enable

the lines to

automate the

movement of

their containers

in and out of

the dry port,”

he says.

Having

empty

containers from

the different

shipping lines stored on site

means that there are no delays

when it comes to stuffing and

despatching them.

INSERT & CAPTION

One of the services

which attracts shippers

to the terminal is its fully

paperless cargo handling

system.

– Aleksandrs Kucerovs